Kennedy Family Permitted to Veto Freedom of Information
What secrets still remain about one of America's most famous public figures?
Before the FBI releases 3,000 pages of its file on Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, the family of the late political icon will have a chance to review them and make its case to keep some portions from being made public.
The release of this first installment of Kennedy's file comes in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests made following the senator's death from brain cancer in 2009 at the age of 77.
According to The Boston Globe, the Kennedy family's review of the documents is an "uncommon" privilege and is meant to ensure that the privacy of living people mentioned in the file is not violated.
While neither the FBI nor the Kennedy family has publicly commented on its contents, it's possible the file could shed new light on such events as the 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, the passenger who drowned when Kennedy drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Mass. He left the scene of the accident (and the woman trapped in the car), and didn't notify police until the following day, making it impossible to prove if he was drunk. See Chick's THE LAST JUDGE.
Before the FBI releases 3,000 pages of its file on Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, the family of the late political icon will have a chance to review them and make its case to keep some portions from being made public.
The release of this first installment of Kennedy's file comes in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests made following the senator's death from brain cancer in 2009 at the age of 77.
According to The Boston Globe, the Kennedy family's review of the documents is an "uncommon" privilege and is meant to ensure that the privacy of living people mentioned in the file is not violated.
While neither the FBI nor the Kennedy family has publicly commented on its contents, it's possible the file could shed new light on such events as the 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, the passenger who drowned when Kennedy drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Mass. He left the scene of the accident (and the woman trapped in the car), and didn't notify police until the following day, making it impossible to prove if he was drunk. See Chick's THE LAST JUDGE.
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